2-year-old orphaned, injured by hit-and-run driver faces bleak future.

Taking care of a person on admission in a hospital is tasking and time-consuming. The problem becomes more complicated when resources in terms of funds and manpower are not readily available, especially to foot the patient’s medical bills. For Miss Christabel Okechukwu, the 18-year-old girl taking care of two-year-old Favour whose mother was recently killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the ever-busy Abuja-Kubwa expressway, it has not been easy. 

The teenager has been single handedly taking care of the baby at the pediatric unit of the Kubwa General Hospital two months after the tragedy took place. Christabel is virtually glued to the bedside of the little baby, whose legs were fractured in the accident. Any time there is a need to step out, the baby would burst into tears. 
How and where their next meal would come from continues to be a source of worry to the teenage care-giver, who remains appreciative to the few kind-hearted Nigerians who have extended hands of love to them. “Up till now, baby Favour’s father has not shown up. If not for the assistance of hospital visitors, it could have been terrible. Some said they came after reading the story in Daily Trust,” she narrated.
Having resolved to stand by little Favour even at the expense of her education, Christabel is not slacking in her quest to see her little niece bounce back to life. But the fact that she does not know how long they are going to stay in the hospital and where they would be going to after their discharge is another puzzle. 
Going back to the top of the hill where the late mother, who was not married to Favour’s father, was squatting before her demise is ruled out as the landlady may not be ready to accommodate them any longer.
Left with the only option of retiring back to the village, Christabel is yet to come to terms with that in view of the adverse consequences inherent in that option. She expressed fears about the future of her little niece. “Nobody would be there to take care of her there. My mother, who could have assisted, is presently undergoing a pastoral training outside our village and has a health challenge,” she explained.
“My elder sister who could have also been of help, just secured admission into a tertiary institution and has already left for school. She can’t leave her studies, neither can she combine both,” Christabel lamented. 
But the teen care-giver is of the strong belief that help can still come. “With God, everything is possible,” she said, sighing.